Sweet-scented or       Fragrant Bedstraw

Sweet-scented or       Fragrant Bedstraw

Galium triflorum

Bedstraw or Madder Family - Rubiaceae

Very small, greenish-white, 4-petalled flowers in groups of three. Fruit with bristles. (Photographed - June)

A weak-stemmed herb with the stem squared and smooth surfaced.

Leaves lance-shaped without hooked prickles and usually in whorls of 6.

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